Tool for treating razor strops



April 1 5,- 1'924- A. B. CAMDEN.

TOOL FOR TREATINGHRAZOR sTnqPs Filed Oct. 16 1.922

I gwuqmliw g4, E. Camden Patented Apr. l5, 1924.

STATES PATENT OFFIC.

ANDREW B. CAMDEN, OF DURANT, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNO'R, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO ELIZABETH M. SCOTT, 0F DURAN'I, OKLAHOMA.

TOOL FOR TREATING RAZOR STROPS.

Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 595,021;

To all "to/lam it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW B. CAMDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durant, in the county of Bryan and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Treating Razor Strops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

This invention relates to tools for use in the treatment of razor strops.

It is an object of the invention to provide a tool of this character capable of removing all foreign matter from the strop and for dressing thesurface of the strop after removal of the foreign matter.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of this character wherein one portion thereof not only provides a handle for permitting an adjacent portion of the tool tobe used, but wherein said handle portion also provides means for use in the treating operation of the strop.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a razor strep treating device constructed in accord ance with an embodiment of the invention and showing the position of the tool when cleaning the strep; and

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the position of the tool when resurfacing the strop.

It is a well. known fact that razor strops, especially streps that are in constant use, become filled with grease, steel particles and other foreign matter that greatly impair their efiicieucy in sharpening razors. The steel particles are usually deposited by the razor and in view of this foreign matter it is impossible to put a smooth cutting edge on the razor. Regardless of the amount of stroppin only a wire edge is put upon the razor. When the strep reaches this condition the barber tries almost everything that has been heard of to put his strop back in condition. In view of the fact that no practical device -for this purpose has been provided, the barber has to resort to the crude and inefficient means such as lathering the strep, then scrubbing with a towel and then putting on the working surface with a round, glass'bottle. This process is very slow as well as verytroublesome and'even then does not give the result desired.

In order to overcome this disadvantage and at the same time provide a device which is compact and simple, I have'provided a novel form of strep treating tool which does not necessitate any of the crude methods mentioned above, but which may be used to put the strop in condition in a very short time and with little effort or labor on the part of the user.

The tool consists of a body member 5 which is made preferably of a hard, brittle transparent substance, such as glass, this material being preferable over metal in view of the fact that metalwould have a tendency to deposit metallic particles on the strop similar to a razor. The body member has its end portion 6 made relatively wide so that the end face 7 thereof is substantially rectangular. The end face 7 is provided with corrugations or teeth 8 which are blunt enough not to scratch or mar the surface of the leather and yet are sufiiciently sharp to remove the foreign matter from the pores of the strop. Each tooth is uninterrupted from end to end so as to eliminate sharp projections at the central portion of the face 7 and yet provide a scarified face which will readily remove grease, metal particles and like foreign matter from the strop without injury to the strop. The inner faces 9 and 10 of said end portion 6 of the body member are curved inwardly to the central portion 11 of the body member.

The opposite end portion 12 of the body member is considerably smaller than the end portion 6 and is rounded as at 13 to provide a smooth curved surface for use as a surfacing tool. The length of the tool corresponds to the width of the strep. The surfacing tool also provides a handle, as the side portions 1 of the surfacing tool are curved inwardly toward the central portion 11 of the body member, thus providing a hand grip by means of which the operator may grip the device when using the end portion 6 of the body member.

In the use of the device the tool is grasped by the operator, as shown in Figure 1, and applied to the strep A. The tool is then moved longitudinally of the strop so as to permit the teeth 8 to remove the steel particles, grease, and like foreign matter from the strop Without injuring the surface of the strop. It is not necessary to apply a liquid or any material Whatever to the surface of the strop in order to clean the same,

as the glass body member, through the medium of the teeth, is sufiicient to remove all foreign matter. After the strop has been treated in this manner the tool is reversed, as shown in Figure 2, so that the handle may be used as a surfacing tool. In View of the round, curved smooth surface of the handle or surfacing too], it is possible to apply a smooth, dressed and perfect Working surface to the strop.

From the foregoing it Will be readily seen that this invention provides a novel form of article for use in placing razor strops in perfect condition and wherein the treating operation may be accomplished Without the use of liquids or compounds or other implements other than that provided by the tool itself, and all of these features are possessed by a device that can be formed from a single piece of glass.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A tool for cleaning and resurfacing razor strops consisting of a body member having one end face thereof corrugated for removing foreign matter from the strep, the opposite end portion of the body member being formed into a handle and a strop surfacing member.

2. A tool for cleaning and resurfacing razor strops consisting of a body member formed from a hard and brittle substance, one end portion of the body member being enlarged, the end face of said enlarged portion having corrugations for cleaning a razor strop, the opposite end portion of the body member being rounded to provide a strop surfacing member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ANDREW B. CAMDEN. 

